Re: Need Plone Information

2006-05-03 Thread N.Davis
bruce wrote: > I've never used Python/Plone, and am wondering if I can talk with anyone > who's used Plone. I'm trying to determine if Plone could be easily used for > a potential application. > this might help (where to start): http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/read-documentation Nick -- ht

Re: Zope/Plone - Is it the right solution?

2006-02-21 Thread N.Davis
kbperry wrote: I attend a very large university (around > 30,000 students), and the CS site will need to be updated by many > people that don't have technical skills (like clerical staff). That is exactly the kind of thing Plone is good at. A good match I would say. Check out http://plone.org

Re: What are modules really for?

2005-08-10 Thread N.Davis
Thanks very much for your helpful replies. I totally accept my C++/Java background is a lot of this, and I need to make the shift to Python's way of thinking. As for multiple inheritance, yes I've always been aware of it being available in C++, but I learned C++ at a company which banned multiple

Re: What are modules really for?

2005-08-10 Thread N.Davis
Thanks very much for your helpful replies. I totally accept my C++/Java background is a lot of this, and I need to make the shift to Python's way of thinking. As for multiple inheritance, yes I've always been aware of it being available in C++, but I learned C++ at a company which banned multiple

What are modules really for?

2005-08-09 Thread N.Davis
I am very new to Python, but have done plenty of development in C++ and Java. One thing I find weird about python is the idea of a module. Why is this needed when there are already the ideas of class, file, and package? To my mind, although one CAN put many classes in a file, it is better to p